Mediterranean Grilled Tuna Steak

If you love Mediterranean flavors and easy meals, you are going to love these Mediterranean grilled tuna steaks. These grilled tuna steaks are marinated in garlic, olive oil, and lemon which give the tuna steaks so much flavor. To add to the amazing flavor of these tuna steaks, they are served with the most delicious Mediterranean bean salad. If easy, healthy, and delicious meals are your thing, you will want to try this recipe.

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Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Why I think you'll love these grilled tuna steaks

I love easy recipes that are healthy and taste amazing and that is exactly what these Mediterranean grilled tuna steaks are all about. These yellowfin tuna steaks pick up the bold flavors from the garlic, olive oil, and lemon.

This is a favorite combination of mine and I use it in my Mediterranean chicken skewers and as my basic Italian chicken marinade. The easy Mediterranean bean salad it is served with just rounds it out beautifully.

Another great thing about grilling tuna steaks is it does not need a lot of time to cook. You will only need a few minutes for each side.

This leaves me with more time to make my favorite desserts to serve with them like my basil cake , balsamic strawberries, and mini cheesecake bites!

I love making this grilled Mediterranean yellowfin tuna on the grill pan and on my outdoor grill, depending on the season. If you have 45 minutes, then you can make this really delicious Mediterranean meal.

Ingredients Needed

There are not many ingredients you need to make this delicious grilled yellowfin tuna. Most of the ingredients are for the Mediterranean salad that goes with it.

Here is what you will need:

Grilled tuna steak

• Yellowfin tuna steaks. You can also use ahi tuna steaks for this recipe. Just make sure to buy the freshest tuna steaks you can find.
• Olive oil.
• Fresh garlic.
• Lemon juice.
• Kosher salt
• Pepper.
• Fresh lettuce for plating. This is totally optional but I love placing large fresh lettuce leaves on a serving platter then topping it with the bean salad and tuna. When I am ready to serve it, I just scoop up the lettuce leaf with the bean salad and tuna and transfer it to a plate. This is totally up to you!

For the Mediterranean Bean Salad:

• Red onion.
• Olive oil.
• Fresh tomatoes.
• Cannellini beans.
• Lemon.
• Kosher salt and pepper

Now for me, the bean salad is so good with this Mediterranean tuna. I always serve them together. If you are always looking for ideas of what to serve with tuna, then I would recommend trying this out.

If you would prefer to just make the grilled tuna steaks, it will still be delicious.

How to grill tuna steaks

Making these grilled yellowfin tuna steaks could not be any easier. Here is what it looks like:

The first thing you want to do is start marinating the tuna steaks in garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, and salt and pepper. It only takes 30 minutes.

While the tuna is marinating, you can make the Mediterranean bean salad. This is really easy and it is just draining the canned beans and prepping the tomatoes and onions.

The bean salad gets a light garlic, olive oil lemon dressing added to it and it has time to absorb all those flavors while you are cooking the tuna.

Once you are ready to grill the tuna steaks, it takes just minutes to make. Tuna does not need a lot of time to cook which makes it an amazing dish to prepare even on those busy evenings.

I like to cook the tuna steaks for about 3-4 minutes per side for ¾ inch thick tuna steaks. This gives me a nice cooked outside and pink inside which is what you want when cooking tuna steak.

Pro-Tip: You can marinate these tuna steaks up to an hour ahead of time. Just make sure not to marinate any longer because the lemon juice will cook the tuna.

Variations

I love making these tuna steaks on the grill or on the grill pan. Tuna cooks very quickly so it cooks up quite fast on both.

If you would prefer to sear the tuna steak in a hot sauté pan, that will work too. There is nothing that changes with the recipe other than you will not have grill marks 🙂

Pairing Ideas

This grilled yellowfin tuna is so delicious on its own but if you want some more ideas of what to serve with it, here are our favorites:

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